Directions · Portugal
Portugal applications from the UAE go through the VFS Global centres in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Appointments are released without notice and taken within minutes — we watch the calendar so you do not have to refresh it.
Requests pausedThis route is on hold — see below
The Portuguese consulate now requires a live video verification that the applicant has to attend in person. We cannot do that part for you, so we are not taking requests for Dubai or Abu Dhabi at the moment.
The same visa can be applied for elsewhere. Whether a consulate will accept you depends on your residency, so we check that before you pay anything — and we would rather say no than sell you an application that gets refused.
These are our own measurements, not estimates. Where we have watched more than one centre on this route, each is shown separately — they do not behave the same.
Measured by us
28,479
Calendar checks
61
Openings caught
2026-06-16
Last opening
The same visa, the same fee — the difference is which building you attend, and how the calendar there has actually behaved.
| Centre | Calendar checks | Openings | Last opening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai | 23,429 | 0 | — |
| Abu Dhabi | 5,050 | 61 | 2026-06-16 |
The categories VFS Global accepts on this route. They are the same at every centre listed above.
| Visa type | Processing |
|---|---|
| Tourist | 15 calendar days |
| Business | 15 calendar days |
| Medical Treatment | 15 calendar days |
| Training Purpose | 15 calendar days |
| Airport Transit | 15 calendar days |
| D1 - Subordinate Work Activity | 90 days |
| D2 - Independent Professional Activity Or Migrants Entrepreneurs | 90 days |
| D3 - Teaching Purposes, Highly Qualified Subordinated/cultural Activity | 90 days |
| D4 - Study, Higher Education, Students Exchange, Internships, Volunteer Work and Research | 90 days |
| D6 - Family Reunification | 90 days |
| D7 - Fixed Residence (Retirement, Religious Purpose Or Individual Revenues) | 90 days |
| DR - Professional Activity Done Remotely - “Digital Nomads” | 90 days |
| DF - Accompanying Family Member Applying for a Residence Visa | 90 days |
| DP - Job Seeker Visa– Up to 120 Days | 90 days |
| E1 - Medical Treatment | 90 days |
| E2 - Transfer Of Workers To The World Trade Organization (WTO) | 90 days |
| E3 - Independent Work Purpose (Less Than 6 Months) | 90 days |
| E4 - Scientific Research, Academic Teaching, and Highly Qualified Activity Purposes | 90 days |
| E5 - Amateur Sports Purposes | 90 days |
| E6 - Study, Study Exchange, Unpaid Professional Internship, Voluntary Service and International Agreement With Pt | 90 days |
| E7 - To Accompany Patient in Medical Treatment | 90 days |
| E8 - Seasonal Work Purpose | 90 days |
| E9 - Professional Training | 90 days |
| ER - Professional Activity Done Remotely - “Digital Nomads” | 90 days |
| EF - Accompanying Family Member Holding Temporary Stay Visa | 90 days |
As published by VFS Global. The fee depends on category, age and nationality, so the tables are reproduced rather than reduced to a single figure. The application centre charges its own service fee on top.
| Charge Type | Amount | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EURO | AED | ||
| Visa Fees | 90 | 390.50 | For each application |
| Children between 6-12 years | 45 | 195.50 | For each application |
| Armenia, Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cape Verde, Georgia, Ukrainian, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Republic of Moldova, Montenegro and Serbia Nationals for short stay | 35 | 152 | For each application |
| Service Fees | 33 | 143.08 | For each application |
| Appeal | 75 | 325.50 | For each application |
| Admin Fee | 4 | 17.34 | For each application |
| Type | Article | VisaFee (€) |
|---|---|---|
| Children under 6 years | 62.3.a | 0 |
| Students and teachers with travel study purposes | 62.3.b | 0* |
| Researchers to do scientific investigation in the EU | 62.3.c | 0** |
| Representatives of non-profit-making organizations < 25 years | 62.3.d | 0*** |
| Family EU (Family member of EU/EEA and Switzerland nationals) | 62.4.b | 0 |
| Family EU husband/spouse | 62.4.b.i | 0 |
| Family EU under 21 or dependent | 62.4.b.iii | 0 |
| Family EU dependent direct ascending (duly proved) | 62.4.b.iv | 0 |
| CHARGE TYPE | AMOUNT IN EUR | AMOUNT IN AED | REMARKS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long term E – visa | 110 | 477 | For each application |
| Long Term D- visa | 110 | 477 | For each application |
| Appeal | 75 | 325.50 | For each application |
| Admin Fee | 4 | 17.34 | For each application |
| Service Fees | - | AED 143.08 | For each application |
| CHARGE TYPE | ARTICLE | VISAFEE (€) |
|---|---|---|
| E1/E7 Patients and caretakers with agreements of health cooperation with PT | 62.4.d | 0 |
| D3 Scientific investigation/Educational activity PhD/High qualified activity | 90 | 0 |
| E4 Scientific investigation/High qualified activity less 1 year | 62.4.f | 0 |
| D4 Scholarships sponsored by the Portuguese Republic | 62.4.a | 0 |
| D6 Family reunification direct descendants SEF letter | 62.4.e | 0* |
Rarely, and without warning. Across 28,479 calendar checks we caught 61 openings - roughly one in 467 checks. The most recent one we recorded was on 2026-06-16. That is a measurement of our own monitoring, not an estimate, and it is why refreshing the page by hand almost never works: the window is minutes wide and it does not announce itself.
The visa categories and the fees are identical, so the choice is about the building you attend and how its calendar behaves. On our figures Abu Dhabi released the most: 61 openings over 5,050 checks, against 0 over 23,429 at Dubai. We watch both, so you do not have to pick blind - tell us if one is impractical for you and we will exclude it.
VFS Global publishes this for the route: The processing time for an application at the Embassy of Portugal is a minimum of 15 calendar days. Please note that all those applying for a visa for Portugal need to have at least 15 days between the date of application and date of travel. Applications will not be accepted if this requirement is not adhered to. That clock starts at your appointment, not at your request to us - which is exactly why the appointment date is the part worth fighting for. An appointment six weeks out pushes the decision six weeks out with it.
Two separate things. The consular fee and the centre's service charge go to VFS Global and the consulate on the day - the published fee tables are above, and the amount depends on category, age and nationality. Our own fee is separate, quoted per request, and charged only after an appointment is booked and confirmed. If nothing opens, you owe nothing. Booking through the official system is free; what you are paying us for is the watching and the paperwork.
No password, and the verification code stays with you. VFS now sends a one-time code at the confirmation step, and you are the one who reads it out at that moment - it takes a few seconds and it means nobody is acting as you behind your back. Any service asking you to hand over an account password on a web form should worry you, whoever it is.
No, and anyone who does is selling you something they do not control. The consulate decides how many appointments exist and when they appear; we control only how fast they are noticed and taken. What we can promise is the shape of the deal: we watch, and you pay if and only if an appointment ends up booked in your name.
Refreshing the booking page dozens of times an hour is what triggers the "unusual activity" and "permission issue" errors people run into - we have documented what each of those codes actually means. We work within what the account can take, which is the whole point of doing it with tooling instead of by hand at 3am. Your application is submitted through the official system like anyone else's.
The Portuguese consulate now requires a live video verification that the applicant has to attend in person. We cannot do that part for you, so we are not taking requests for Dubai or Abu Dhabi at the moment. We have left this page up because the requirement may change and because the alternatives are worth knowing about, but we are not taking requests on it while that stands. Selling you a route we cannot deliver would be the fastest way to deserve the reputation this industry already has.
The same country of application, a different destination — or the same visa, applied for from somewhere else.